"wringer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-au-ringer.ogg [Australia] Forms: wringers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wringere}} Middle English wringere, {{suf|en|wring|er|id2=agent noun}} wring + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} wringer (plural wringers)
  1. One who wrings. Translations (one who wrings): vääntäjä (Finnish), vääntelijä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wringer-en-noun-mrmiQvqI Disambiguation of 'one who wrings': 96 3 1
  2. A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle. Categories (topical): Laundry Translations (device for drying laundry): mankeli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wringer-en-noun-lmb5NNLR Disambiguation of Laundry: 8 86 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 53 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 61 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 21 60 19 Disambiguation of 'device for drying laundry': 2 96 2
  3. (figurative) Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal. Tags: figuratively Translations (figuratively: something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion): mankeli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wringer-en-noun-lpDMEHuJ Disambiguation of 'figuratively: something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion': 3 5 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: get one's tits in a wringer, put through the wringer

Inflected forms

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